Improvement in burial-cases



J. B; MORRAY, decd.

.T. B. & R. J. MORRAYJExecutm-.

v BURITAL-CASE. No.177,74;1. Patented. May 23,1876.

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N.PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED sTATES PATENT OFFI E.

JOSEPH B. MORRAY AND ROBERT J. MORRAY,'OF NEW BURNSIDE, ILLINOIS,

. EXEGUTOBS OF JAMES B. MORRAY, DECEASED.

IMPROVEMENT IN BURIAL-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,741, dated May 23,1876; application filed April 4, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that JAMES B. MORRAY, deceased,late of New Burnside, in the county of Johnston and State of Illinois,did invent following is a specification:

The invention consists of a burial-ease the entire top portion of whichis formed of glass and the lower part of cement, the two beinghermetically joined by tongue-and-groove and a new and ImprovedBurial-Case, of which the cement joints, also flanges and .bolts. The

parts are joined at O by cemented ton gueandgroove joints; also byflanges and bolts D and E. F is an opening in the top for pumping outthe air, and G a valve for closing it afterward, and'to be cemented. G,H, I, and K indicate, respectively, the bottom, sides, ends,

and top of the inclosing monumental case. Said sides and ends aregrooved and cemented 'at J and L. The outer case is set in the ground,leaving the top exposed. The top is removable, so that the corpse may beseen at any time.

What is claimed i The improved burial-case made of bottom, cementportion A, and top glass portion B, which are connected by bolts,flanges, and

. tongue and groove, substantially as described.

JOSEPH B. MORRAY, ROBERT J. MURRAY, Executors of James B. Morray,deceased.

Witnesses:

J. A. SMITH, F. M. JONES.

